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Cardiff vs Stoke: match report

Cardiff City hosted Stoke City at Cardiff City Stadium on Tuesday 8 September 2026, in the EFL Championship (round 6). Samuel Allison is the referee, averaging 3.6 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.

Result and scorers

Cardiff 1-1 Stoke. Goals: Ben Johnson 22' for Stoke; Joel Colwill 63' for Cardiff. Attendance: 18,088.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 22' Goal: Ben Johnson (Stoke) 0-1
  • 27' Yellow card: Ben Wilmot (Stoke)
  • 45'+2' Yellow card: Perry Ng (Cardiff)
  • 63' Goal: Joel Colwill (Cardiff) 1-1
  • 81' Yellow card: Luke Graham (Stoke)
Match stats (contains the result)
70.6%Possession29.4%
27Shots12
7Shots on target4
7Corners5
5Fouls19
2Offsides4
3Saves6
1Yellow cards2
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Cardiff 4-2-3-1

Coach: Brian Barry-Murphy

  1. 1 Nathan Trott GK
  2. 38 Perry Ng DEF
  3. 5 Krystian Bielik DEF
  4. 4 Gabriel Osho DEF
  5. 3 Joel Bagan DEF
  6. 18 Alex Robertson MID
  7. 27 Joel Colwill MID
  8. 11 Ollie Tanner FWD
  9. 8 Jack Moylan MID
  10. 16 Chris Willock FWD
  11. 9 Yousef Salech FWD

Bench

  • 45 Cian Ashford FWD
  • 30 Harry Tyrer GK
  • 40 Noah Anyadike DEF
  • 44 Ronan Kpakio DEF
  • 23 Calum Scanlon DEF
  • 14 David Turnbull MID
  • 33 Rob Tankiewicz MID
  • 43 Paul Moreno MID
  • 47 Callum Robinson FWD

Stoke 3-5-2

Coach: Mark Robins

  1. 1 Viktor Johansson GK
  2. 16 Ben Wilmot DEF
  3. 40 Maksym Talovierov DEF
  4. 5 Luke Graham DEF
  5. 2 Ben Johnson MID
  6. 13 Justin Devenny MID
  7. 27 Djibril Soumaré MID
  8. 8 Ethan Galbraith MID
  9. 21 Luca Bombino MID
  10. 15 George Hirst FWD
  11. 9 Róbert Bozeník FWD

Bench

  • 17 Eric Bocat DEF
  • 10 Bae Jun-Ho MID
  • 7 Jack McGlynn MID
  • 11 Lamine Cissé FWD
  • 24 Joshua Griffiths GK
  • 43 Freddie Anderson DEF
  • 4 Ben Pearson MID
  • 19 Tomás Rigo MID
  • 42 Million Manhoef FWD
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 12 April 2025: Cardiff City 0-1 Stoke City
  • Saturday 8 February 2025: Stoke City 3-3 Cardiff City
  • Saturday 14 December 2024: Stoke City 2-2 Cardiff City
  • Saturday 24 February 2024: Cardiff City 2-1 Stoke City
  • Saturday 4 November 2023: Stoke City 0-0 Cardiff City